external environmental analysis

Conduct an internal and external environmental analysis for your proposed business.

 

Create a SWOTT table summarizing your findings. Your environmental analysis should take into account, at a minimum, the following factors. For each factor, identify the one primary strength, weakness, opportunity, threat, and trend, and include it in your table.

 

 

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External forces and trends considerations:

 

 

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Legal and regulatory

 

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Global

 

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Economic

 

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Technological

 

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Innovation

 

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Social

 

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Environmental

 

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Competitive analysis

 

 

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Internal forces and trends considerations:

 

 

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Strategy

 

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Structures

 

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Processes and systems

 

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Resources

 

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Goals

 

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Strategic capabilities

 

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Culture

 

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Technologies

 

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Innovations

 

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Intellectual property

 

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Leadership

 

Write a 1,400- to 1600-word synopsis in which you analyze at least seven of the forces and trends from the list above. Your analysis must include the following:

 

 

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Include economic as well as legal and regulatory forces and trends.

 

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Critique how well the organization adapts to change.

 

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Analyze the supply chain operations of the organization.

 

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Identify issues and/or opportunities:

 

 

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Identify the major issues and/or opportunities that the company faces based on your analysis above.

 

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Generate a hypothesis surrounding each issue and research questions to use for conducting analysis.

 

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Identify the circumstances surrounding each issue; classify the circumstances; attribute the importance of each classification; and test the accuracy of the importance for each classification.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.